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CITY OF CANTON: EPA violation history, explained

CITY OF CANTON had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 16,785, over 6,358 connections.

How this compares nationally

58 total violations and 7 health-based ones put CITY OF CANTON at the 80th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,598 of 12,903.

Against the MS average

Among the 349 MS systems in this dataset, the average is 3.2 health-based violations - CITY OF CANTON's 7 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

CITY OF CANTON's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

The concern categories on record

CITY OF CANTON's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:

The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What CITY OF CANTON's record does not cover

This is what CITY OF CANTON reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 7 health-based violations on file for CITY OF CANTON - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.